Clarifies that the LEGACY_TIOCSTI setting is safe to turn off even
when running BRLTTY, as it was introduced in commit
690c8b804ad2
("TIOCSTI: always enable for CAP_SYS_ADMIN").
Signed-off-by: Günther Noack <gnoack3000@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230808201115.23993-1-gnoack3000@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
userspace depends on this functionality to continue operating
normally.
+ Processes which run with CAP_SYS_ADMIN, such as BRLTTY, can
+ use TIOCSTI even when this is set to N.
+
This functionality can be changed at runtime with the
dev.tty.legacy_tiocsti sysctl. This configuration option sets
the default value of the sysctl.